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Rachel Blanchard
Blanchard at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Rachel Elise Blanchard March 19, 1976 (1976-03-19) (age 33) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1982–present
Spouse(s)	Adrian Brown (2005 - present)

Rachel Elise Blanchard (born March 19, 1976) is a Canadian actress.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Career 1.2 Personal life 2 FHM 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Career

Her career was launched with a part in a McDonald's commercial, and as an eight-year-old on the Canadian children's show The Kids of Degrassi Street, where she played Melanie Schlegel. She also starred in War of the Worlds as Suzanne McCullough's daughter Debi and in Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? as Kristen. Blanchard is probably best known for playing the part of Cher Horowitz (originally portrayed by Alicia Silverstone in the film version) on the television series Clueless (based on the 1995 movie of the same name).

She received critical acclaim for her performance in the award-winning second series of British sitcom Peep Show. She reprised this role in the fourth series (2007).¹

She played Jemaine's (and Bret's) girlfriend Sally on the HBO show Flight of the Conchords. She is sometimes referred to as "The Most Beautiful Girl in the Room" in reference to a song of Jemaine's inspired by her.

Personal life

Blanchard was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and graduated from Havergal College in Toronto, going on to Queen's University. She is married to Adrian Brown, and the couple have one child, a daughter named Katie, born in 2007.²

FHM

Blanchard has been featured as one of FHM 's "100 Sexiest Women of the Year" on multiple occasions. Her rankings include:

• 73rd place (2001)
• 37th place (2002)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1985	Kids of Degrassi Street (tv series)	Melanie
1988-1990	War of the Worlds	Debi McCullough
1990-1992	Are You Afraid of the Dark?	Kristen
1993	Chris Cross	Dinah McGee
1995	Young Ivanhoe	Rowena
1995	Iron Eagle IV	Kitty Shaw
1996-1999	Clueless	Cher Horowitz
1999	The Rage: Carrie 2	Monica Jones
2000	Road Trip	Tiffany Henderson
2001	Sugar & Spice	Hannah Wald
	Chasing Holden	T.J. Jensen
2002	The Wild Dogs	Moll
2002-2004	7th Heaven	Roxanne Richardson
2004, 2007	Peep Show	Nancy
2004	Without a Paddle	Flower
2005	Where the Truth Lies	Maureen O'Flaherty
2006	Snakes on a Plane	Mercedes
2007	Careless	Cheryl
	Flight of the Conchords	Sally
2008	Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning	Louisa Thomas
	Growing Op	Crystal
	Adoration	Rachel
2009	Spread	Emily
	Everything She Ever Wanted (Television movie)	Rachel Reede
	Overnight	Jenny

References

External links

• Rachel Blanchard at the Internet Movie Database
• Rachel Blanchard gallery

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